Grade 3 Unit 10 (3.10B) - Investigating Life Cycles

Match the following

• Metamorphosis

• a transformation in a life cycle that occurs when the young animal's body looks very different from the adult

• Life cycle

• sequential stage of growth and development that an organism goes through in its lifetime

• Incomplete metamorphosis

• the period in a plant's life cycle when a seed begins to grow (after a period of dormancy)

• Germinate

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• Complete metamorphosis

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What is the first stage of a beetle's life cycle?

• Egg

• Larva

• Pupa

• Adult

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When the frog is in the stage that looks like a fish, what is it called?

• egg

• larva

• tadpole

• young frog

Which stage is unique to the cricket life cycle compared to the beetle life cycle?

• Egg

• Nymph

• Pupa

• Adult

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Reorder the following Frog Life Cycle

• Egg

• Frog

• Froglet

• Tadpole

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Which of the following is a stage in both the radish and lima bean life cycles?

• Egg

• Nymph

• Seedling

• Pupa

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Which of the following is NOT a stage in the lima bean life cycle?

• Seed

• Seedling

• Pupa

• Flowering

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What is the main purpose of the flowering stage in the radish and lima bean life cycles?

• To produce seeds

• To grow leaves

• To develop roots

• To form a pupa

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What is the main difference between the life cycles of radishes and lima beans compared to beetles and crickets?

• Radishes and lima beans have a seed stage

• Beetles and crickets have a seed stage

• Radishes and lima beans have a pupa stage

• Beetles and crickets have a flowering stage

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